Pole.



PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

s. J. TERRY.

POLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28 1903.-

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 55,413, dated March22, 1904.

Application filed April 28, 1903.

To all w/tom it may concern:

' is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in poles for telegraph,telephone, electric-light, and trolley wires; and the object is toprovide a durable and inexpensive post for the above purposes in which aminimum amount of Wood is required and in which the Wooden portion canbe removed and replaced at any time without disturbing the position ofthe pole in the ground, which change always requires time, theemployment of a gang of men, and is correspondingly expensive in itspractice.

With the foregoing objects in view this invention consists in a polemade partly of wood and partly of metal, the metal portion adapted to besecurely anchored in the ground and the upper portion composed of woodcapable of being adjusted or removed at pleasure from its position withrelation to the lower metal portion.

My present invention further consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, which Will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of myimproved pole, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section.

A represents the lower section of the pole, and B the upper section, thelatter being of wood and the former of T-rolled metal by preference, sothat it is flat on one side and ribbed on the other, as at 1. Abase-plate 2 is secured on the bottom, upon which the pole is supported,and from it the side braces 3 3 extend upwardly, being secured at theirupper ends to the opposite sides of the metal section Aof the pole. Theupper section may be of any preferred form in crosssection namely,round, semicircular, or flat-it being clamped to the metal section A bythe clipsl 4 or otherwise. In fact, it is perfectly feasible andcontemplated by my invention to replace old poles decayed or rotted atthe base Serial No. 154,676. (No model) by sawing them off and clampingthe upper portion to the metal section A, thus saving the process now invogue of disconnecting all of the wires whenever a pole is taken down orreplaced. When thus used, this metal section is first anchored in theground by means of cement or otherwise and then clamping the upperportion of the old pole thereto. Also in this connection mention may bemade of the facility with which a pole of this character may be placed.As it is my purpose in replacing an old pole with my new one to firstset the lower section A and then run up the wooden section through thewires to the required height, clamping it to the lower section A, whenthat height is attained. Then fastening the cross-bars before looseningthe wires from the original pole,thus saving much trouble of tangledwires for the lineman.

Thus it will be seen that all of the advantages of a metal pole areattained without any of the disadvantages, among which may be mentionedthe tendency of metal to short-circuit the current or weaken itsintensity and at the same time the amount of wood used is greatlyreduced, while getting the benefit of its superior qualities for the useto which it is placed.

It is evident that slight changes might be made in the form andarrangement of the several parts described Without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the exactconstruetion herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

Apole for telegraph and similar wires comprisinga T-rolled lowerportion, an upper section, clips embracing the sections, a plate throughwhich the ends of the clips extend and means for securing the clips tothe plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN J TERRY. Witnesses:

, M. LA Gr. GRIFEIS,

H. F. MAUZER.

